Wedding Forum - Superstitions......Name them here!...

Anybody heard of any good superstitions or odd ones about weddings? Read some really good ones today.

When the bride is ready to leave the house for the wedding ceremony a last look in the mirror will bring her good luck. However returning to the mirror once she has began her journey will result in bad luck.

It is said that the first partner who buys a new item after the wedding will be the dominant one in the relationship.

In Ireland a laying hen was tied to the bed on the first honeymoon night in the hope that some of its fertility would be passed on to the couple.

Not so sure about the last one!

Married when the year is new, he'll be loving, kind and true.
When February birds do mate, You wed nor dread your fate.
If you wed when March winds blow, joy and sorrow both you'll know.
Marry in April when you can, Joy for Maiden and for Man.
Marry in the month of May, and you'll surely rue the day.
Marry when June roses grow, over land and sea you'll go.
Those who in July do wed, must labour for their daily bred.
Whoever wed in August be, many a change is sure to see
Marry in September's shrine, your living will be rich and fine.
If in October you do marry, love will come but riches tarry.
If you wed in bleak November, only joys will come, remember.
When December snows fall fast, marry and true love will last.

Stu said to me that we couldnt get married in a certain month but I cant remember why or the month, lol! I'm no help am i! Kx

Less well known is for the bride's father to give the groom a pair of the bride's shoes to symbolise the passing of responsibility for the daughter to her new husband. Mmmmm, might lead to a bit of cross dressing if you ask me....

Im with Leesy what about Ivory x

Apparently ivory means good luck. Thank goodness for that!

OK... weird alert. This must be an American superstition. The week before the wedding, have a house-cat eat out of your left shoe for good luck.

Would make a change, normally my cats leave mice in mine.

OK, someone is having a laugh now....... For good luck and a lifetime of pleasant relations with the bride's parents, it is tradition for the groom to honor his future mother-in-law with a diamond when he presents the engagement ring to his future bride.
I DONT THINK SO!

And this one is just plain STOOPID! It is bad luck for the bride to try on her wedding gown before the wedding day. If she does, most likely that the wedding ceremony will not go through.

These are all real, apparently.

Looks like none of us will be walking down the aisle then, how would you know if it fitted or not lol x

Your supposed to have something old, something new - normally the dress, something borrowed and something blue (which is normally the garter)

Apparently -
'This rhyme originated in Victorian times. 'Something Old' signifies that the Couple's friends will stay with them. In one version of the tradition the 'Something Old' was an old garter which was given to the bride by a happily married woman so that the new bride would also enjoy a happy marriage. 'Something New' looks to the future for health, happiness and success.

'Something Borrowed' is an opportunity for the Bride's family to give her something as a token of their love (it must be returned to ensure Good Luck), and 'Something Blue' is thought lucky because Blue represents fidelity and constancy. The custom began in ancient Israel where brides wore a blue ribbon in their hair to symbolise their fidelity. '

Thinking about the garter - tradition says that the groom should remove his new wife's garter and, having gathered all his single male friends around him, he should then throw that over his shoulder. Whoever catches it is the next man to be married. So, a bit like throwing the bouquet but for the blokes!

And as for wedding flowers - the meanings of some favourite wedding flowers are:

Gardenias - secret love
Heather (lavender) - admiration
Heather (white) - protection, wishes come true
Ivy - wedded love
Tiger Lilies - weath & pride
Lily of the Valley - increased happiness, sweetness
Orchid - love, beauty
Peony - happy life
Dark pink roses - thank you
Peach roses - enthusiasm, desire
Red roses - I love you
White roses - innocence
Wild roses - simplicity
Yellow roses - joy, friendship
Sunflowers - adoration
Red Tulips - believe in me

Dont go with lotus flowers (rejected love), marigolds (cruelty, jealousy) petunias (resentment, anger)
and dark red roses are dodgy (mourning) or cyclamen (goodbye) !!!!! Still, its only silly nonsense at the end of the day!

On the subjects of flowers red and white roses together r ment 2 be bad luck dont think its true but xx

lol dont think burgundy and ivory count debs lmao xx

good good x

Whats the thing about the horseshoe ?

Carrying a horseshoe or a bouquet in the shape of one is considered lucky for the bride, but only if the horseshoe is carried with the open end up so the luck does not ‘fall out'. Legend has it the 10th Century Archbishop of Canterbury, Dunstan, a former blacksmith managed to outwit the devil. The devil was thought to have asked Dunstan to shoe his hoof. Dunstan realised his customer was the devil and nailed the shoe on as painfully as he could. The devil begged for mercy. Dunstan agreed to remove the shoe on condition that the devil agreed never to enter a place where a horseshoe was hung over the door.

And meeting a black cat on the way to church is supposed to be a good omen!

o if black cats r good luck there are about five that live next 2 the church i may be in luck lmao x

Well if meeting a black cat on the way to the church is good luck then I'm alright. My cat Lyla-Peg is black. She walks over my path every day. In fact she sleeps across my feet! lol.

How about:

Change the name but not the letter - Marry for worse and not for better.

And I would never have red and white as a theme purely because of the old saying of marry in Red and wish yourself dead. And the Blood and Bone one too. x

oh.....so my wedding is doomed then, am wearing pink albeit a very pale shade, and getting married in july, we are screwed!! lol, only if i was superstitious anyway! :) x

Lmao oh my days I don't know how I'd ever remember all these even if I wanted to! Oh well I'm wearing Taupe (which is a pearl pinky/silver colour) in December with White Roses... Gregorysgirl we could change the pink line to "likes a drink" now that I could be hp with lol xx

i dont believ in any superstitions. i was wondering recently if i should do the whole new, old, borrowed and blue. obv i will be wearing the new, but was wondering about the old, borrowed and blue.

when my mum got married she did the whole lot and got divorced!! twice!! so i really dont believe i any of it xx